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  • 2/13/20

    MGCCC ranked No. 1 Military Friendly School in nation by Victory Media

    Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is ranked No. 1 on the 2020-21 Military Friendly® Schools list for the nation’s largest community colleges.  Now in its 10th year, the list has come to set the standard for higher education institutions to …

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  • 2/6/20

    MGCCC’s four Phi Theta Kappa chapters receive 2020 REACH Rewards

    The four chapters of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College have been named 2020 REACH Rewards Chapters.  Winning chapters were chosen based on an increase in their membership acceptance rate to 15 percent or higher …

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  • 2/5/20

    MGCCC’s Aaron Cleveland named Educator of the Year by ETA International

    Aaron Cleveland, instructor in the Instrumentation and Control Technology program at the Jackson County Campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, has been selected as the 2020 Educator of the Year by ETA International, an internationally recognized certification association founded …

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  • 1/30/20

    MGCCC’s Aaron Cleveland named Educator of the Year by ETA International

    Aaron Cleveland, instructor in the Instrumentation and Control Technology program at the Jackson County Campus, has been selected as the 2020 Educator of the Year by ETA International.  Each year, the association recognizes the contributions of an outstanding educator dedicated …

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  • 1/30/20

    MGCCC instructor Carin Platt receives national AACC faculty award

    Carin Platt, Improvement of Study instructor at the Jackson County Campus, was selected as a Dale P. Parnell Distinguished Faculty member for 2020.  Fifty-six faculty members were selected nationwide. Platt is the only instructor from Mississippi to receive the prestigious …

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  • 1/28/20

    Five MGCCC students selected as Jack Kent Cooke Transfer Scholarship semifinalists

    Five students from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College were selected as semifinalists for the highly selective and competitive Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. They are Edgar Marquez of Gautier, Austin Baldwin of D’Iberville, Ciara Brewer of Lucedale, Gloria Giddes …

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  • 1/16/20

    AACC’s 2020 Awards of Excellence

    MGCCC named finalist out of nation’s nearly 1,200 community colleges The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has announced that Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a finalist for the Association’s 2020 Awards of Excellence, which recognize exceptional work among …

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  • 11/7/19

    Aspen Institute names MGCCC as a top 150 U.S. Community College

    The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program named Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College as one of 150 community colleges eligible to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. This is the nation’s signature recognition of high achievement …

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  • 10/2/19

    MGCCC recognized as 2019 Great College to Work For

    Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College has been recognized as a 2019 Great College to Work For®. This year, 236 institutions participated in the survey, with 85 institutions recognized. Of those, 25 were two-year institutions. “At Gulf Coast, we recognize that …

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  • 8/30/19

    Nine MGCCC Jackson County Campus students named Leaders of Promise Scholars

    Nine students from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Jackson County Campus have been named Leaders of Promise Scholars through Phi Theta Kappa (PTK).  The students will receive $1,000 scholarships. The students and their majors are as follows: Holly Baryo of …

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  • 4/24/26

    11 MGCCC students named to 2026 All-Mississippi Academic Team; national and workforce honors also earned

  • 4/17/26

    MGCCC students named semifinalists for prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship

  • 4/6/26

    MGCCC Jackson County Visual Arts students shine at state competition

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